Jar-cover.



Patented May I, I900.

J. W. EVERHART.

JAB COVER.

Application filed my. 12, 1898. Renewed Oct. 2, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE'.

JOHN IV. EVERHART, OF LOWELL, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREIV ALLGIER, OFGRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

I JAR-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 648,556, dated May 1,1900.

Application filed March 12, 1898. Renewed October 2, 1899. $erial No.732,406. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN W. EVERHART, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Lowell, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in J ar-Oovers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in covers for earthen jars forstoring and shippin gbutter,'lard, &c. and its objects are, first, toprovide a cover and attaching device that may be readily adjusted tojars of slightlyvarying diameters and that may be readily removed andreplaced; second, to provide a cover and attaching device that willreadily adjust itself to the Width of the bead at the top of the jar,and, third, to provide a convenient and readily-applied detachable coverand handle for earthen jars. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is anelevation of a jar with my cover in place. Fig. 2 is a plan of theattaching device of my cover.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throu ghout both views.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents a jar, and a represents thehead at the top of the jar.

For the purpose of attaching my cover I form a band B, of wire, that isdesigned to encircle the jar just below the bead a, which holds it inplace, so that it cannot slip up ofi of the jar. The ends of the wireare separated by some little distance, and a spring, as E, is inserted,which serves a double purpose, first, of allowing the band to beexpanded, so that it may be slipped over the bead a and will be drawnsnugly around the jar below the bead, and, second, of allowing the bandto be adjusted to jars of the same capacity, but of difiierentdiameters. At the side of the band opposite the spring E, I form a loopG, which acts in conjunction with the loop F of the band as a catch forholding the cover to place.

The ears 0" are soldered or otherwise so ourely attached to the cover D,as at 0, so that the bow 0 comes over the cover and forms a bail orhandle for carrying the jar, the front portion F projects over and downand forms a spring-catch that is designed to engage the loop G to securethe cover, as hereinbefore sug gested, and the ends of the ear on theoppo site side of the cover project down and are looped around the endsof the band B, as at e, so that the band may slide a shortdistance andexpand diametrically, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, forthe purpose of varying the size of the band, as and for the purposeshereinbefore stated. The looping of the ends of the bail around the endsof the band is to form hinges upon which the cover may be opened andclosed, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The resiliency of the portions F and F renders the cover and its bandapplicable to any jars which it is made to fit circumferentially,whether the bead be wide or narrow.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In combination with a jar-cover, ears secured to said cover, one of saidears extended and coiled to form a spring-catch, and the other extendedto form two connections with 'an encircling band, a bail connected withsaid ears, and a band adj ustably secured around the jar, the center ofsaid band formed into a loop to engage the catch on the bail-ear, andthe ends fitted to adj ustably connect with the ends of the bail-ear,and an adjustable spring connecting the ends of the band, substantiallyI as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 4, 1898.

JOHN W. EVERHART.

In presence of OHAs. ROSEGRANT,

ITHIEL J. CILLEY.

